Kallooppara Devi Temple is located near Thiruvalla
in Kerala. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathy. This is one of the
most popular and powerful Shakti shrine in the region. Kallooppara Bhagavathy
Temple Timings with detail opening and closing time is given below. Please note
that the pooja and darshan time will extended or curtailed during important
rituals. The shrine will remain closed during Grahan or Eclipse.

Manappully Bhagavathy Temple is located near Palakkad in
Kerala. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathy. This is one of the most
popular and powerful Shakti shrine in this part of Kerala. Manapullikavu Temple
Timings with detail opening and closing time is given below. Please note that
the pooja and darshan time will extended or curtailed during important rituals.
The shrine will remain closed during Grahan or Eclipse.

Madayi Kavu Temple is located near Payangadi
in Kannur District in Kerala. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathy.
This is one of the most popular and powerful Shakti shrine in North Kerala. Madayi
Kavu Temple Timings with detail opening and closing time is given below. Please
note that the pooja and darshan time will extended or curtailed during
important rituals. The shrine will remain closed during Grahan or Eclipse.

Madayi Kavu Temple Morning Pooja Timings
5:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Madayi Kavu Temple Evening Darshan Timings
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Deeparadhana will be between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM
The most important days in a week are Tuesday, Friday and
Sunday. Special rituals are observed on Tuesday and Friday.

Yama is the Hindu God of Death. The popular belief is that
he arrives with a noose on a black buffalo to take away the soul of the dead.
As per Puranas, he is the son of Vavasvan and Saranju or Surya and Sanjna. His
consort is Dhumorna. Yami is his sister. His vehicle or Vahana is black buffalo.

As per popular belief, Yama is the judge of the dead and
decides whether a person should go to heaven or hell. He also decides on the
punishment in hell. In these matters Chitragupta assists him.

But we often forget that Yama is one
of the greatest teachers in the Vedas. In the Katha Upanishad, he shares the
secret teachings of death and afterlife to young Nachiketa.

Again, the conversation between Yama and Satyavati after he
takes away her husband is important part of Hindu teachings.

Yama also gets defeated by Shiva – For saving young
Markandeya, Shiva appears and stops Yama from taking his life away.

Yam and her sister Yami is worshiped after Diwali. Dharmaraj
Dasami is Chaitra month is ass…

Snakes or Nagas are constant companions of Muruga – who is
also known as Subramanian, Kartikeya and Skanda. The reason why nagas are
associated with Muruga is a story of repentance. Legend has it that once Muruga
asked Brahma the meaning of Pranava (OM). Brahma was not able to provide a
satisfactory answer. An angry Muruga imprisoned Brahma.

Later Shiva intervened and the matter was settled.
Muruga then felt that he did not act properly by imprisoning
Brahma. For the sin committed, he took the form of a huge snake and started
living in this form.
Goddess Parvati was unhappy with the snake form of Muruga.
She complained to Shiva.
Shiva then asked Goddess Parvati to observe 108 Sashti
Vratam to get back her son.
When the 108 Sashtis were completed, all the gods arrived to
witness the meeting of Muruga and Goddess Parvati.
Muruga gave away the serpent form and appeared in his
original form.
There
is a slight difference regarding the final part of the story in some
scriptures. It is Vis…

The story of Goddess Chinnamastika is found in the
Markandeya Purana. Chinnamastika Story part of the Devi Mahatmya section of the
Purana and is a continuation of the attempts made by Goddess Durga to defeat
Mahishasura.
Legend has it that numerous manifestations appeared from
Goddess Durga to defeat the various demons in the army of Mahisha. Goddess
Chandi was one among the Goddess that appeared. She along with her two companion
yoginis Jaya and Vijaya created havoc and butchered several demons and drank
their blood.
But the two yoginis Jaya and Vijaya and Chandi Mata were not
satisfied and were still thirsty.
Goddess Chandi cut off her own head to quench Her and Jaya and
Vijaya’s thirst for more blood. Three streams of blood flowed from her head –
two streams flowed towards the mouth of the two yoginis and one towards the
head of Chinnamastika.
The severed head symbolically suggests humans to drop the
attachment to body and to merge in the pure consciousness.
Chinnamastika is pa…

Pisharikavu Temple is located at Kollam Koyilandy in
Kozhikode District. Mother Goddess is worshipped here in the form of a sword Nandakkam
sword. The annual Shuddhi Kriya ritual is observed in Makaram month. Kollam Koyilandy
Pisharikavu Temple Shuddhi Kriya ritual 2016 date is January 18. The kaliyattam festival in the shrine will begin on February 23, 2016.

The temple is traditional decorated with plantain, coconut
fronds, lamps, leaves, lights etc.
Hundreds of people witness this ritual. Shuddhi Kriya ritual
is basically a cleansing ritual to increase the Tejas of the deity worshipped
in the shrine.

Kollam Koyilandy Pisharikavu Temple Kaliyattam festival attracts thousands of devotees. Various types of Theyyams are performed during the festival.

Pournami, or Pournima, is the full moon day in traditional Hindu lunar calendar. Below are the Pournami time and dates in 2018. The term Pournami and Pournima is widely used in South India and western parts of India. The Pournima day is considered highly auspicious by South Indian Hindus and some communities observe a fast known as Pournami Vratam – from sunrise to sunset on the full moon day.
Pournami dates in 2018 based on Indian Standard Time (IST)
January 2, 2018, Tuesday. Pournami Vrat is on January 1.
January 31, 2018, Wednesday. Pournami Vrat is on January 30.
There is no Poonam date in February 2018

March 1, 2018, Thursday.Pournami Vrat is on March 1Holika Dahan - Holi Festival
March 31, 2018, Saturday.Pournami Vrat is on March 30.Hanuman Jayanti
April 30, 2018, Monday.Pournami Vrat is on April 29.
May 29, 2018, Tuesday.Pournami Vrat is on May 28.
June 28, 2018, Thursday.Pournami Vrat is on June 27.
July 27, 2018, Friday.Pournami Vrat is on July 27
August 26, 2018, SundayPou…

Varanad Devi Temple is located at Varanad near Cherthala in
Allapuzha District, Kerala. The temple is located around 5 km from Cherthala. The
temple is dedicated to Goddess Jagadambika. Varanad Devi Temple Pongala festival
2016 date is January 18.

The ritual is annually held on Makarabharani or the Bharani
star date in Makaram month.

'Pongala' ritual comprises of preparing ‘prasad’ for the
deity outside the shrine. Women cook rice and jaggery in earthen pots and they
offer it to the Goddess. They also cook different type of sweet dishes – called
‘mandaputtu,’ ‘appam,’ ‘therali’ – made out of rice powder and jaggery. Coconut
tree fronds are used to cook the ‘prasad.’

The temple is decorated during the period with lights, lamp,
plantain, coconut fronds, flowers etc.
Holy fire from the temple is taken out to start the fire for
cooking Pongala.

The murti (idol) of Goddess Mahalakshmi worshipped at the world
famous Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Temple is so perfectly aligned that sun rays fall
directly on the murti on specific days in a year. The sunrays directly fall on
the murti on January 31, February 1 and February 2. Again it falls on the murti
on November 9, November 10 and November 11.

It is the rays of setting sun that fall directly on the murti.

When sun rays directly fall on the murti, Kirnotsav is
observed in the temple.

On January 31 and November 9, sun rays falls directly on the
feet of Goddess Lakshmi murti.

On February 1 and November 10, sun rays falls directly on
the chest of the murti.

On February 2 and November 11, sun rays falls directly on
the face of the murti.

Singhapur Yatra is observed at Singhapur village near Rasulpur
in Jajpur District of Orissa for three days during Maha Vishubha Sankranti (April
14/15) in Orissa. More than 70,000 devotees participate in the annual Singhapur Yatra in which murti or idol of Lord
Narayan Gosain is taken out of pond only on this day for darshan.
Every year during this period, the murti of Lord Narayan
Gosain which remains under water throughout the year, is taken out of
Madhutirtha pond located near the temple in the village. Why is the murti of Lord Narayan Gosain Kept Underwater?
There is some history involved to the answer to this
question. In the 16th century, Kalapahada, a Muslim invader, after destroying
numerous temples and Hindu idols reached the region. The then King of
Madhupurgarh, to save the idol from Kalapahad, hid it in the pond.
But people and the King were unhappy as the idol remained
underwater. A few days later, Lord Narayan Gosain appeared in the dream of the
King and asked him to ta…

If you fall into water, whether willingly or unwillingly,
your cloth will get wet all the same. Constantly practice meditation. Your mind
is unripe—unsteady—now. But constant meditation will make it steady and calm.
And always discriminate.
Whenever the mind goes after anything other than God,
consider it as transient and surrender the mind at the sacred feet of the Lord.
Be like the man who, while angling for fish, became so
absorbed in it that he did not hear the least of the din and bustle of a
marriage procession passing by.
It is easy to break. How many can build? How many can show
others the right path? Mankind is prone to weakness. He who warns in time is a
true friend. What is the use in saying ‘Ah’ when the right time has passed.Holy Mother Sarada Devi